Reviews for Thumbling in West Covina, CA
Great local dumpling place in West Covina. Try the beef roll. All the dumplings are good, the pork and crab roe are great. Long... wait times though, but worth it. Read more
Decent food, but small portions for the price. Ordering on your phone is awesome though. The passion fruit-mango tea was... delicious. Read more
Thumbling is a great alternative to DTF. A friend recommended we give this dumpling joint a try. Glad we did! Ordered 7 food... items and 1 drink. The bill before tip was about $90. Our last trip to DTF was more than that for similar amount of dishes. XLBs (pork and crab) were all juicy and yummy. The beef fried noodle was the only dish was average. All the others were great! I think my favorite here was the crab and pork XLB. My friend really liked their Shanghai spicy pork won tons and my otherdining pal wanted to order another pork XLB for himself! Will be returning to try more items off the menu! Read more
The vibe is good and prices are affordable. Food come fast and hot. Visit there in the weekday afternoon, still lots of... customers there, it made me assume the food is fresh. Similar taste and varieties compared to Din Tai Fung. Personally, I wouldsay it?s an OK restaurant if you?re just in this area. It?s not really delicious like Din Tai Fung but since it?s a little bitcheaper than Din Tai Fung, you literally get what you pay for. Read more
Ordering your food is simple. All you do is scan the QR code on the table and can fill out orders on your phone from multiple... devices. Clean environment and friendly service. Definitely a great spot! Every dish was worth the money. Read more
Thumbling has the most amazing dumplings, especially their Xiao Long Bao. I also love their spicy shrimp and pork... wontons. Their milk teas are deliciously creamy, and not overly sweet at all. We have ordered their garlic string beans manytimes and they are always cooked to perfection; still crisp and crunchy but cooked through. Ordering is a streamlined and easyprocess done through your phone via QR code. The food always arrived sooner than expected, and steaming hot. The staff are veryhospitable and helpful. This is our #1 dumpling house to go to, and has the best dumplings (and best food overall) of anydumpling house we?ve been to. Read more
Finally tried this place after being open a few weeks. Ordered online and pick up. There was a line, geesh. Small and chaotic... inside, almost all employees were hustling. Some where spinning out. There was a long line for waiting for tables, waiting forwaiters, waiting for orders. There is a sign that states be prepared for an ?extra 15-30? on top of your wait. It?s justbusy. Had pork soup dumplings, pork fried rice and seaweed fish. Dumplings were fresh and traveled well. Tasty and yummy. Fried pork rice and seaweed were just ok. Smaller fish pieces and ordinary rice. Also not bbq fried rice, big difference. Stick with the dumplings (many varieties) rather than the straight Chinese food. For that there is another Chinese restaurantin the small strip mall a few doors down that?s better. Update: tried the pork chop rice (dry) and beef rolls (yummy). Thistime pu was at 3 on a Monday. Much less busier and the dumplings traveled well. Stick with the dumpling items. Also had thecucumber salad. However it was a little bland. Added the extra chili oil from dumplings, s&p and some sesame oil. Made thecrunchy salad much better. Read more
Food is on point here. Really good Xiao Long Bao. Only caveat is the wait time is pretty long as they're a pretty popular spot.... Their beef rolls are also really good (as shown in picture). One of the dishes I've tried, but not depicted, is the popcornchicken, which I wouldn't really advocate for. Read more